"What's wrong? You look distracted."
When the young man returned to Zhou Chen's side, Zhou had just finished eating and was still watching the fish. Seeing the young man come back in a daze, Zhou couldn't help but feel puzzled.
At first, he wondered if Xiang Ye had said something to him. But after thinking it over—although Zhou didn't interact much with Xiang Ye—he felt Xiang Ye didn't seem like that kind of person.
"Hey, teacher, do you think some things, if you can't afford them when you're born, you might never be able to buy them in your lifetime?" The young man muttered helplessly. Hearing this, Zhou smiled and casually glanced at the live streaming chat nearby, realizing it was a perfect time for some positive energy.
"That's not necessarily true. People have to rely on their hardworking hands to create a better life. I believe you will definitely create your own brilliance someday!"
"Teacher Zhou speaks well!"
"Though there are many rich second-generation heirs online, it seems there are even more self-made first-generation rich."
"Beware of pyramid schemes..."
"Like Teacher Zhou, isn't his wealth all earned through his own efforts?"
"Thirty years west of the river, thirty years east of the river; don't look down on poor youth!"
"Uh, is the first part about defying fate?"
As Zhou finished speaking, countless messages appeared in the live chat.
However, the young man hadn't seen these messages, so he could only continue talking helplessly.
"But Xiang Ge's car, I asked around, costs over 3.4 million, almost 3.5 million. Forget 3.5 million, I haven't even seen 500,000 before."
Leaning on his chin, the young man sighed helplessly.
Upon hearing the car's price, even Zhou Chen twitched a little. He knew Xiang Ye's car was expensive, but not that absurd — 3.5 million for a car? Wouldn't it be better to buy a house?
Well, whoever spends 3.5 million on a car probably already has a house.
Thinking of this, Zhou originally wanted to offer some motivational words but swallowed them back. He was considering what to say next when the young man continued:
"Also, just now Xiang Ge was playing with a watch — really beautiful — and that watch... 3.89 million..."
"Pft..." A car for 3.5 million might be hard to accept but still within reason. A watch for 3.89 million? That's just excessive. Zhou was speechless.
The live chat viewers were also confused after hearing this.
"Who is Xiang Ge anyway?"
"A newcomer on the team?"
"Would someone driving a 3.5 million car and wearing a 3.9 million watch come here to fish?"
"Isn't fishing a hobby that doesn't care about net worth?"
"I mean, would someone that wealthy come to a competition here? Well, competitions don't care about net worth..."
"Damn, those wealthy second gens!"
"The rich feast while the poor freeze on the streets!"
If Xiang Ye had heard these comments thinking him a rich second generation, he'd probably despise them. After all, Xiang Ye was definitely not a rich heir.
But the wealth he had? The code's explanation might fool his dad but probably wouldn't fool others...
Xiang Ye understood that Ai Bai probably didn't fully believe what he said either, but since Ai Bai hung out with him daily, he knew Xiang Ye's money wasn't from illegal sources. Everyone had their secrets; Ai Bai just didn't want to pry.
Xiang Ye had no idea Zhou Chen and his live stream were now silent in disbelief.
Around 1 PM, when Xiang Ye got another bite — fewer than in the morning, but still enough to catch a few fish weighing three or five Jin — he was already wearing the expensive watch on his wrist.
Someone had joked earlier that Xiang Ye didn't like watches. Now that he had one, he was wearing it immediately.
The fish came in one after another: one, two, three. The fish slipped easily into the keepnet.
Actually, even catching a few at a time wasn't slow. Especially when the concrete dam spot had completely stopped biting, this place turned into Xiang Ye's stage.
Xiang Ye was a little excited, wondering what kind of reward the system would give if he won first place. He knew the temporary mission rewards were much better than the daily mission rewards.
Today's daily mission had given him a mostly useless watch. The temporary mission should give something fun, right? Thinking about it made him hopeful.
By 2 PM, with another gunshot, all anglers stopped fishing.
Everyone began packing up, and the organizing committee split into groups to weigh and record the catches.
Xiang Ye's group was the last to be weighed.
As the committee came over, many who had finished weighing gathered nearby, including Zhou Chen's small group.
However, their expressions weren't good, indicating a poor fishing day. Seeing Xiang Ye, Zhou and others quickly approached.
"How did it go?" Xiang Ye asked.
"Looks like it's over for us. Only Old Zhou performed normally. The rest of us did average."
One of them answered after hearing Xiang Ye.
"I caught 27 fish, 77 Jin total. Old Qian did better, 31 fish, 93 Jin. Old Li was similar to me, 26 fish, 78 Jin. Only Old Zhou caught 71 fish, over 200 Jin. Together, we got around 450-460 Jin."
"I checked — we're still 170 Jin behind third place, about 60 fish behind; 220 Jin behind second, about 70 fish behind; and nearly 300 Jin behind first. Looks like today's a lost cause."
Another recorder also spoke up.
They had all performed poorly, missing at least 20 fish each. If they'd caught an extra 60 fish — about 180 Jin — they might still have a shot at second place.
But there was no way they'd put their last hope on a pure amateur like Xiang Ye, especially since he was fishing at the concrete dam spot.
That made winning impossible. With this in mind, everyone sighed.
Yet, hearing the gap numbers, Xiang Ye just smiled and said...
"Lift the fish!"
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